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Reducing risk in your supply chain: Techniques for selecting and verifying second sources

Best practices for titles and responsibilities wanting robust AVLs and BOMs in electronics industry.
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How to audit and hire design-for-manufacturing (DfM) supplier for your electronic hardware equipment product

A successful audit, when evaluating an electronics design firm’s design-for-manufacturing (DfM) capabilities, is essential when selecting a vendor to work on your project. This vendor evaluation can help ensure your product is manufactured efficiently, cost-effectively, and with high-quality standards. One …
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Top 5 challenges when designing drones

One of the main challenges when designing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, is ensuring that it can fly smoothly and maintain stability, even in adverse weather conditions or when faced with obstacles. Achieving this requires careful attention to …
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How electronics manufacturing product companies can avoid intellectual property violations and litigation

Manufacturers can avoid intellectual property (IP) litigation by taking a number of steps. By simply conducting thorough intellectual property (IP) due diligence, this can help ensure manufactured electronics products do not infringe on the patents, trademarks, or copyrights of other …
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The best time for new product launch

It is expensive for electronics manufacturers to launch a new product. To save money, manufacturers will often revise an existing product already in the market. (Read about trends in new product launch services) How can electronics companies weigh the costs …
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The role of value analysis and value engineering in electronics equipment manufacturing

Value analysis and value engineering, often times condensed to VA/VE, can be applied to a wide range of electronics markets and industries, including consumer electronics, industrial electronics, medical electronics, and aerospace and defense electronics. These methodologies can be particularly beneficial …
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How electronics equipment manufacturers can reduce cost to manufacture

Electronics equipment manufacturers have a number of options when interested in reducing the cost of manufacturing their products. Some of these include: Contract electronics outsourcing equipment manufacturing programs, certain manufacturing processes or assemblies and sub-assemblies, or components to countries with …
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Pros and cons of standalone vs systems integrated costing modelers for contract electronics equipment manufacturing

When considering cost modelers for manufacturing, are you looking for a standalone solution or do you want to integrate value analysis and value engineering capabilities with other systems like SAP, Oracle, QED, to name a few? Decision-making for purchasing a …
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The most expensive value-add services in electronics equipment contract manufacturing

Expensive value-add service when manufacturing electronics equipment can vary depending on the specific product and industry. However, some examples of value-add services that can be costly include: Custom design and engineering: This can include the development of specialized hardware or …
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Apple shifts supply chain from China and impact on manufacturing industry

ManufacturingDive reached out to Venture Outsource management consultant Mark Zetter about Apple’s shifting China strategy and what it could mean for the manufacturing industry. Below is the full exchange that took place over email.
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